Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
1     Introduction
2     Definitions
3     Discussion
4     Description of suborbital flight
        4.1     Future plans for suborbital vehicles
5     Radio frequency use during suborbital flight
        5.1     Operational and technical considerations of suborbital vehicles
                  5.1.1     Communications and navigation
                  5.1.2     Surveillance
                  5.1.3     Telemetry, tracking, and command
                  5.1.4     Safety of life
        5.2     Spectrum management aspects
6     Studies
Annex 1 – Current methods for separating suborbital vehicle activities from air traffic
       A1.1     Impact to air transportation
       A1.2     Analysis of suborbital vehicle launch in March 2013
                  A1.2.1     Assumptions and limitations
                  A1.2.2     Impact of launch operations
       A1.3     Summary of launch operations impact
       A1.4     Impact of re-entry operations
       A1.5     Conclusion of suborbital launch case study for March 2013
Annex 2 – Possible radiocommunication services use for suborbital vehicle flight operations
       A2.1     Services that may be used for the operation of suborbital vehicles
Annex 3 – Terrestrial aeronautical systems – potential issues
       A3.1     Overview
       A3.2     Doppler shift
       A3.3     Link budget
       A3.4     Planning criteria
Annex 4 – Studies of the Doppler shift and link budgets for typical aircraft systems on suborbital vehicles
       A4.1     Doppler study
                  A4.1.1     VHF communications
                  A4.1.2     Global navigation satellite, satellite communication (including the mobile satellite service, and the aeronautical mobile satellite (R) service) and aeronautical surveillance systems
       A4.2     Link budgets
                  A4.2.1     VHF communications
                  A4.2.2     L-band satellite communications
                  A4.2.3     Surveillance systems
       A4.3     Summary
Annex 5 – Suborbital flight phase and selection of radiocommunication spectrum
       A5.1     Overview
       A5.2     Suborbital vehicle communication coverage requirements
       A5.3     Maximum Doppler frequency and Doppler acceleration
                  A5.3.1     Doppler frequencies and Doppler Acceleration for Ka-band
                  A5.3.2     Doppler shift and Doppler acceleration for S-band
       A5.4     Requirements of overcoming re-entry communication blackout
       A5.5     Spectrum criteria
Annex 6 – Examples of current and planned suborbital vehicle flights
       A6.1     Single stage suborbital vehicle
       A6.2     Multi-stage suborbital vehicle

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